1/2 cup unsalted butter
12 medium Golden Delicious apples,
cored, quartered, and peeled
1 cup sugar
1/2 pound puff pastry (frozen from
grocery store or, make your own, see
Puff Pastry Recipe)
1/2 cup sugar, for glaze
1. Preheat the
oven to 450 degrees F.
2. Using half the butter, heavily coat
the bottom and sides of a 10-by-3 inch round cake pan.
3. Arrange apples in the pan in a
continuous circle (starting at the edge of the pan), piling one on top of the
other - the first row of apples with rounded side down, the remaining rows with
rounded side up. Sprinkle top with 1 cup sugar and dot with remaining butter.
4. Bake for 30 minutes. Reduce oven
temperature to 350 degrees and continue to bake 1 hour longer, or until apples
are soft and brown on top. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
5. While apples are baking, prepare the
crust. Roll out enough puff pastry to form a 12-inch square 1/8 inch thick and
place it on a buttered cookie sheet. Cut out a circle a bit larger than the
10-inch apple-baking pan (a larger plate can be used to form the circle). With
tines of two forks, prick pastry over the entire surface to prevent curling
during baking. Bake in a 350 degrees F oven until lightly browned, 25 to 35
minutes. Cool.
6. To assemble: Set pastry shell on a
serving dish and place it upside down over the apples. Invert pan. Apples are
now on top of shell. Sprinkle sugar liberally over the surface of the apples and
place 3 to 4 inches from heat under a broiler until the sugar caramelizes.
7. Cut into
wedges and serve warm with whipped cream.
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